Researchers have identified a "tipping point" about 2.7 million years ago when global climate conditions switched from being relatively warm and stable to cold and chaotic, as continental ice sheets ...

A new study provides a clearer timeline for one of the most significant prehistoric sites worldwide for the study of human evolution. By integrating three advanced dating techniques, researchers have ...

In his new book, Roland Ennos offers eye-opening ideas that the importance of physical power and engineering brilliance—rather than intellect—allowed us to dominate the planet.

A legendary director of the body horror genre returns with a film whose disturbing atmosphere was "beautifully brought to ...

On Thursday, February 12, the Lex Fridman Podcast, featured Peter Steinberger, a software engineer and the creator of the ...

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Millions thrive at high altitudes due to remarkable genetic adaptations. Tibetans, for instance, possess a gene variant allowing efficient oxygen use without dangerously thick blood. Andeans and ...

Traditional virtual engagement often forces patients into a corporate mould – a 60-minute, high-pressure web meeting where the loudest voice dominates and key insights are lost to language or time ...

In 1990, I finished my PhD on primate evolution and went to my postdoc in Davis, California, USA. It was meant to be on fruit fly ...

For more than a century, paleontologists have been piecing together how the mysterious predator Andrewsarchus is related to ...

It already exists in the natural world. Now, thanks to breakthroughs in genetic engineering, scientists have created “supersilk.” And it’s poised to upgrade far more than our clothing.